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This is funny. The channel has several videos on blending, and this one shows how an i-Phone, 3G looks after blending (grin). BD
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He certainly stands to be a popular pick with emphasis on science and further research in genomics. His leadership could certainly help keep the
development and research for personalized medicine active and alive. I talk quite a bit about genomics and personalized medicine here at the blog so a welcome addition in my opinion as well. Genomics is still so very misunderstood by many and hopefully some of the information here that I try to show in laymans terms helps a bit. This is a good post and video that offers a nice introduction into genomics.
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On the Hooked: Ethics, Medicine and Pharma blog, Dr Howard Brody dissected a campaign to redirect comparative effectiveness research by making it responsible to a new governing board that would include “insurance” and “industry” members. And surprise, surprise, the campaign is run by the Partnership to Improve Patient Care, a group that seems to have multiple connections to PhRMA, the pharmaceutical industry trade organization. More stealth health policy advocacy? Read the rest of this entry »
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Well there goes my entertainment for the holiday weekend, (grin). I had hoped to take up a new hobby and afterwards engage a little time with my favorite drug, Cheerios and enjoy. Ok, well not really but it sounded good for the post. The products were said to have yeast and mold which would cause irritation. Im hoping these days that Im not getting too much of that in my diet with various food products too. BD
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The organizers were none other than Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for the event. There have been meetings all over the US of late, everyone striving to find a better future and better world. As the article states, Mr. Gates was the most impressive, (hes the one with the technology and brains that runs everything else) and Oprah was listening. All have contributed millions of dollars to philanthropy and of course want to see all those efforts succeed. Ted Turner was slated as being the most vocal. This was a pretty big collection of millionaires to say the least, but perhaps a great meeting of the minds. 22
This new variation on a now old theme first appeared in the New York Times:
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I have not tried this yet, but I will. It was not created by either Microsoft or Google, but rather a 3rd party, so this will be interesting to see how it 
works. The big thing here is being able to use your desktop Office installation to edit, etc. as it is more feature loaded than working from web documents; however the benefit of working from the web with Google docs offers some nice features too.
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When you read this, they are really taking the threat seriously. I think today is the day they were to be released. BD
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The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the best? If this issue is important to you, you job just got a lot easier.
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The trial for a civil law-suit against Richard Scrushy, the former CEO of for-profit rehabilitation hospital chain HealthSouth, is currently in progress. One bit of testimony provided a reminder about how supposed “innovations” in health care are uncritically accepted. As reported by the Birmingham (Alabama, US) News:
